Civil defense training center opens

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Emergency Response Training and Methodology Center for Civilians of Ulaanbaatar opened on November 8. The center, based in Khan-Uul district, has training cabinets for every type of disasters. For instance, the earthquake cabinet will make trainees feel the shake with strength of up to 8 ball earthquake, imitating the Sichuan Earthquake from 2008, in which 69.2 thousand were killed and 18 thousand people went missing. The wall climbing cabinet offers training for teenagers aged above 15 years. The center also has fire-fighting and first-aid departments, as well as a 3D cinema with 150 seats for screening awareness-raising documentaries about disasters. The center is capable to train 750 citizens each year.